Emilio Gomez and Altug Celikbilek will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on SHOW COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Gomez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Gomez is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Gomez -> 1.51
Altug Celikbilek -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Altug Celikbilek
This will be the 2nd time that Emilio Gomez and Altug Celikbilek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gomez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gomez won 5-7 7-6(0) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in the Malaga Challenger back in 2022.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, the Ecuadorian will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 to Yunchaokete in the 2nd round on the 27th of April.
Gomez has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2023, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Emilio’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Ecuadorian has an overall 397-286 record. He has a positive 201-119 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Altug Celikbilek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-27 | 8-12 | 0-3 | 9-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 13-13 | 4-7 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-24 | 23-11 | 1-2 | 15-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208, Altug will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Yunchaokete in the 1st round on the 26th of April.
Celikbilek has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Celikbilek’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger.
In terms of his career, Celikbilek has an overall 291-208 record. He has a positive 206-130 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Turk has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Brandon HoltHolt – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Li TuLi – Tung-Lin WuTung-Lin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Emilio GomezGomez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Uisung ParkPark – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sanhui ShinShin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
